Improvement in apparatus for burning hydrocarbons



E. F.l RuGERs.

Apparatu for Burning` Hydrocabun-s.

' ParentedJan. 21,1873..

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' EDWARD F. ROGERS, OF CHELSEA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, LUTHER L.

HOLDEN, AND STOUGHTON B. HOLDEN, OF WOBURN, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR BURNING HVDROCARBONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,011, dated January 21, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. ROGERS, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Heat Generator or Feeder, of which the followingis a specification:

Figure l of the accompanying drawing is a central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Figs. 3 and 4 are parts in detail of my improved heat-generator.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for generatingheat from crude petroleum, or its equivalent; and has for its principal object the economizing of time and labor required in making and attending ordinary fires, and the expense occasioned by the use of ordinary fuel. My improvements consist mainly in an apparatus for generating heat from crude petroleum, or its equivalent, arranged and operated, as will be more fullyexplained in due course, so that petroleum, or its equivalent, introduced into a proper reservoir, flows through a pipe passing in the shape of a coil through a suitable receptacle containing water, and thence by a tube provided with a wire or other netting and proper outlets, through a preparation of mineral substance or compound supplied with proper ducts or pipes, through which air admitted from below, together with air passing through perforations formed by a jacket surrounding the mineral substance or compound, supplies the necessary oxygen to the flame emitted from the petroleum or other material permeatin g through the compound mineral substance, &c., thus furnishing a complete combustion and generating an intense heat, which may be readily regulated, and producing an apparatus that may be applied to any ordinary stove or other heating or cooking device, that is easily taken care of, and in which the iiame is ignited and regulated without the trouble, annoyance, and loss of time required in making and keeping a .fire from wood or coal, &c.

In the drawing, a is a reservoir in which crude petroleum, or its equivalent, is introduced, and from which it is conveyed by a pipe, b, that passes in the form of a coil, b', through a receptacle, c, supplied with water or other suitable substance, and thence downward, being curved at the bottom and extended horizontally to receive or connect with the' end of a supply-pipe, e, within which is a wire or other suitable netting, f, and on the top of which are formed proper apertures g, as shown in Fig. 4. The pipe e extends and con- Veys the petroleum, &c., through a generator composed of a compound mineral substance, h', against which impinge the pointed portions l of a serrated inclined bottom, l', of a jacket, Z, leaving a space between, through which oxygen passing through the interstices m of the serrations l is conveyed to the ame emanating from the petroleum pcrcolating through the mineral substance li', through which are vertical ducts or pipes i, through which air passes up lfrom below and with the air entering from the jacket l supplies the oxygen necessary for the production of the heat arising from the ignition of the gases issuing from the petroleum, &c. The pipe b, near its junction with the bottom of the reservoir a, is supplied with a suitable faucet, o, for regulating the flow of the petroleum, &c., into the coil b', and the pipe e is furnished with a faucet, p, for admitting the petroleum to the generator h and shutting off and regulating the heat. Below the generator h is placed a pan, w, containing water in order that any oil leaking from the generator may fall on the water, where, becoming ignited, its name passes through the air-ducts and combines with the name issuing from the generator. The supply-pipe e is provided with the netting f to prevent any explosion of the pipe by the dames going back into it, and'may also be provided with a sponge, o, or other porous substance, so as to prevent too great or sudden iiow of oil when light oils are used. The exterior perforations of the jacket l may be formed at intervals, bottom or otherwise 5 or the jacket and generator may be arranged so as to form a continuous perforation, according as it is desired to use the heat. The water or other receptacle c may be supported by a stem, s, connect-'ed with a suitable bottom, t, or may, with the other portions of the apparatus, be supported in or connected in any proper way with any description of stove, furnace, range, or other heating or cooking apparatus, thus enabling my improved generator to be introduced into or con either by the serratedv nected with 01d stoves, Ste., with but little @lined bottom l and apertures m therein, all

change to their construction, and with but litarranged as specified.

tle expense. In testimony whereof I have signed my name Having thus fully described my improveto this specification in the presence of two subments, Whatl claim as my invention, and. describing Witnesses.

sire to have secured to me by Letters Patent, EDWARD F. ROGERS.

The combination of the oil-reservoir a, pipes Witnesses: f

b e, Water-receptacle c, generator h having CARROLL D. WRIGHT,

the air-ducts fi, and jacket l having the in- SAML. M. BARTON. 

